Barbie

Oh hello there Charlotte Olympia x Barbie doll aren't you a pretty one. Seriously, if ever there was a perfect partnership, quirky shoe designer Charlotte Olympia and the iconic Barbie is definitely it. They really are well matched and I'm loving not only the Barbie doll, which has been shaped on the founder and creative director Charlotte Olympia Dellal's likeness but also the cool capsule collection. Now if only I had a thousand pounds to snag the clutch of my dreams I would be one very happy Fashionista Barbie!!!
The Charlotte Olympia x Barbie doll has to be one the prettiest I have ...

I'm often asked why I love Barbie, why I collect 'dolls', and how I can support her unrealistic body type, my answers to the first two are normally so simply, why the hell not, have you seen Barbie, she's pretty cool, with regards to her 'unrealistic' body, come on people she's a toy, a pretty fashionable toy, but a doll is still a toy. Whether you are a Barbie fan or not, I'm hoping that these pictures I took at the Barbie Exhibition at the Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris are going to show that Barbie is much more than her blonde locks and long legs, this exhibit ...

Barbie in recent years has become this byword for unrealistic body types and for decades the doll has been accused of promoting an unhealthy body image, so her slender figure has become a ‘real’ woman, yep Barbie now has a bum, meat on her thighs and a little tummy. Curvy Barbie, as she is being called, will also be joined with two other new Barbie body shapes for the Barbie Fashionista collection, Tall, which is a little tall than the original, and appears to have broader shoulders, as well as a Petite version, which is just as skinny as the original but a little shorter, I’m calling her the ...

I know, I'm a day late with my November favourites, you can blame the poor light, it has been seriously gloomy for the past week, but fear not I've decided to purchase a lighting studio set-up so I can do fancy set-ups in the house no matter what the weather. I actually can't believe I haven't bought one sooner, so, come the December favourites they will be all shiny, bright and perfect, today not so much, there is only so much lightroom can do!!!
Getting a little off topic aren't I, back to what rocked in November. OK, so this November didn't quite rock as much as last year, it is hard to ...